Honest answers
The questions people actually ask — about money, joining, ages, and how children stay safe.
Is CanvasCode a registered nonprofit?
Not yet — honestly. Registration is in progress in India: a Section 8 company, then 12A and 80G approvals. Until it completes we take no donations and run no programs with children. The transparency page fills in as things land.
Is it really free?
Yes — free, always, for every child. Donations are voluntary and never buy access, priority, or placement. No child’s place has a price on it, and none ever will.
Where does the money go?
What you give runs the whole organization — trainers, platform, the people who make it safe — because that is what actually reaches a child as a working program. One promise we’ll never make: “100% goes to the children.” We publish our numbers instead, including what it costs per child.
Who can nominate a child?
The organizations that know them: children’s homes, government schools, and community NGOs. Every child is nominated with a named guardian alongside them, and lawful-guardian consent is documented before anything begins.
What is a guardian?
The adult who travels the Journey with a child — present at sessions, watching progress, holding the context we never could. A coordinator from the nominating organization can be a guardian, and so can a parent.
What ages do you serve?
We prepare young people before eighteen — the earlier the preparation, the stronger the start — and we stay with them through the Journey into young adulthood. A birthday ends nothing.
Is it online?
Online-led, locally anchored. Trainers teach remotely; children gather at their organization’s own space with their guardian present. Sessions are group sessions, always — never one-to-one, in any medium.
When do programs launch?
They are in design now, with our first partner organizations and legal counsel — and they launch with our pilot. We would rather build properly than announce early; the shape is public on our programs page.
Who can mentor?
Professionals who do the work for real — design, content, video, code, AI, business, and more. A few hours a month, remote, structured entirely through us, and always after verification and safeguarding training.
Do you run children’s homes yourselves?
No — and we never will. The organizations caring for children daily are better at it than we would ever be. We work through them and bring what no single organization can build alone: skills, mentors, income pathways, and a global network.
When does giving open?
When registration completes and we can issue proper receipts. Pledge on the give page and we’ll tell you the moment it happens — pledgers are our founding community.
How do you protect children?
Every adult verified, group sessions only — never one-to-one in any medium — a guardian present, online-led and locally anchored delivery, documented lawful-guardian consent, no identifiable child imagery, and children’s data kept minimal and never used for profiling. The full policy is public on the child-safeguarding page.
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